Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Human Sexual Activity, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Social Comparison Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

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Lecture 4: the self: nature of the self, self-knowledge (origins of the self?, self-schemas, self-concept clarity, 4 ways people gain self-knowledge, knowing ourselves, where does self-knowledge come from, self-control, self-esteem (self-evaluation, (cid:862) elf-estee(cid:373) mo(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) Self-awareness: (cid:862)rouge test(cid:863, the rouge test is a self-recognition test that identifies a human child"s ability to recognize a reflection in a mirror as his or her own. What is the self: 3 basic aspects (1) self-knowledge (2) self-control (3) self-esteem. Self-schemas: self-schemas (self-concepts) are organized bodies of knowledge about the self which influence, what we notice, what we think about, what we remember. Self-concept clarity: we have high self-concept clarity if our self-schemas are, held with certainty, perceived to be consistent and stable. The influence of romantic breakup on the self-concept: examined change in both the content and structure of the self-concept, speficially reduced self-concept clarity, as predicted, individuals experienced self-concept content change and reduced self-concept clarity.